ACTOR

Barry Humphries

1934 - 2023

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John Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Humphries has received more than 4,922,983 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Barry Humphries is the 4,395th most popular actor (up from 4,475th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Australia (down from 181st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Australian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barry Humphries ranks 4,395 out of 13,578. Before him are Angie Bowie, Robert Preston, Ole Ernst, Peter Davison, Louise Lasser, and Kamal Haasan. After him are Frank Silva, René Navarre, Kim Joo-hyuk, Walter Sedlmayr, Madeleine Robinson, and Blair Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Barry Humphries ranks 339. Before him are Martin Bangemann, Richard D. Zanuck, Mikhail Kozakov, Ian Abercrombie, Lasse Mårtenson, and Martí Vergés. After him are Robert Towne, Aurelio Milani, Peter Maxwell Davies, Zlatko Papec, Mario Segale, and Alketas Panagoulias. Among people deceased in 2023, Barry Humphries ranks 420. Before him are Bo Goldman, Gil de Ferran, Charlie Dominici, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Moonbin, and Bram Moolenaar. After him are Richard Wagner, Henrik Nordbrandt, Palhinha, Coco Lee, Roman Čechmánek, and Anita Thallaug.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Barry Humphries ranks 188 out of 1,143. Before him are Stan Rowley (1876), Alfred Deakin (1856), Abbie Cornish (1982), Rose Byrne (1979), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), and Percy Grainger (1882). After him are Mervyn Rose (1930), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Wayne Gardner (1959), Joel Edgerton (1974), Keith Michell (1926), and Ruby Rose (1986).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Barry Humphries ranks 44. Before him are Jesse Spencer (1979), Anna Torv (1979), Portia de Rossi (1973), Abbie Cornish (1982), Rose Byrne (1979), and Alex O'Loughlin (1976). After him are Joel Edgerton (1974), Keith Michell (1926), Ruby Rose (1986), Phoebe Tonkin (1989), Emilie de Ravin (1981), and Mia Wasikowska (1989).

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